Dagger (hamidashi) with very dark brown lacquer saya and ray skin tsuka with ito-maki (includes 51.1273.1-51.1273.3)
1836-1903 (Muromachi; late Edo; Meiji)
Very dark brown lacquer, steel, silver, gold, shibuichi, sentoku
Tsuba - Cherry blossoms. Fuchi, kashira - Dragonflies, moth, butterfly. Menuki - Wasps (copper alloy). Kozuka, kogai - Plum blossoms
Inscription
Geographies
Seki
(Place of Origin)
Mino (Place of Origin)
Edo (Place of Origin)
Osaka (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall: 18 5/16 in. (46.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.1273